Back In Time

By DOUG McDONOUGH Herald Editor

Published 1:44 am, Wednesday, February 10, 2016

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Feb. 11, 1946: Staff Sgt. Eldon Shoemaker received his Army discharge Wednesday at Fort Bliss after 31 months of service, including 24 months in New Guinea with a medical depot company. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Shoemaker of Bellvue.

--Wayland College has been allotted 20 housing units by the Federal Public Housing Authority in Fort Worth. The structures were built as temporary housing in war plant centers, and now are being made available to colleges and cities. Currently, 270 of the houses are being moved from Fort Worth to Amarillo and Orange.

--Beuna Roberts entertained with a coffee on Saturday to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Anna Jean, to S.M. True Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. S.M. True Sr. of the Snyder community. Their wedding is set for Feb. 17.

Feb. 11, 1956: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Richardson are moving to Plainview from Floydada. He is now a salesman for Hail Shoe Store in Plainview and she will be working in the bookkeeping department at City National Bank.

--Owner O.P. Holland hopes to have the Twin-Vue Drive-In Theater open tonight. He was busy all day Thursday with a tractor and snow blade clearing the parking area. The Sunset will remain closed due to high snow drifts.

Feb. 11, 1966: Tulia’s Outstanding Citizen, announced at the Tulia Chamber of Commerce Banquet, is Harry Reeves, a 32-year-old insurance agent. A special award went to S.F. Flores, 98, former First National Bank president. He recently made a $300,000 donation to Swisher Memorial Hospital for a new hospital.

--W.A. “Bill” Waddell, local Penney’s manager, is in Colorado Springs this week at a meeting of store managers from west of the Mississippi.

Feb. 11, 1986: J.D. Adams of Petersburg has announced his candidacy for Hale County Commissioner Precinct 2, subject to the Democratic Primary. He farms 8 miles west of Petersburg. Incumbent Homer Roberson of Petersburg already has said that he will seek a third four-year term.

--Jessie Munoz, 32, has filed for District 3 on the Plainview City Council. This year’s election is the first under the new single-member district guidelines. Munoz works in maintenance at Excel beef packers.

--Local students got the day off from school on Monday with 9 inches of snow on the ground, including 5 inches of snow that fell overnight. Since the district is using a snow day, classes will be held on Good Friday, April 18. Another cancellation will mean classes will be held on Memorial Day, May 26.